INBW22: A Very Practical Opioid Alternatives Program for Employers

A Very Practical Opioid Alternatives Program for Employers. The Average Person With an Opioid Misuse Problem Looks Like an Employee. Episode INBW22.

When people hear "opioid crisis," many picture someone living under a bridge — but the average profile of someone with an opioid or substance misuse issue looks exactly like an employee, with 75% of adults up to age 64 with a misuse issue still in the workforce. In this episode, Stacey Richter, co-president of the cause-driven organization QC-Health®, introduces QC-MyMeds™, a practical opioid alternatives program built to reach even the smallest employers.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

✅ Why the cost to an employer of a single employee addicted to a long-acting opioid like OxyContin averages $117,000 once medical spend and lost productivity are counted

✅ How QC-MyMeds™, developed with SinfoníaRx, one of the country's most respected medication therapy management providers, works

✅ Why QC-Health® designed the program specifically to reach smaller employers who are usually priced out of proven interventions

✅ Why the program deliberately doesn't try to "boil the ocean" — and how it eliminates barriers for small employers instead

WHY THIS MATTERS

Opioid misuse costs employers real money and, more importantly, real harm to their workforce — yet effective intervention programs are often built for large employers who can absorb the cost and complexity. QC-MyMeds™ is a concrete example of trying to bring a proven approach down to a scale that even the smallest employer can actually use.

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00:00 Introduction.

01:46 One of the programs QC-Health® is sponsoring—QC-MyMeds™.

02:10 SinfoníaRx—one of the most well-respected medication therapy management (MTM) providers in the country.

02:23 What QC-MyMeds™ essentially is.

02:55 Why QC-Health® thought it was important to take a proven program to even the smallest employer.

03:57 How QC-Health® aims to helper smaller employers.

04:08 The QC-MyMeds™ approach.

05:51 "This program does not aim to boil the ocean."

06:02 "The problem with opioids is that they change your brain chemistry."

06:29 Connecting the dots between service programs and employees who need them.

07:01 Eliminating barriers for small employers.

08:49 Stacey presented QC-MyMeds™ at the World Health Care Conference.